Singapore has confirmed its 10th and 11th cases of Influenza A (H1N1-2009) today.

According to a press statement by the Ministry of Health, both were on the same flight - Singapore Airlines SQ25 from New York via Frankfurt on June 1 - as the 7th confirmed case, a 30-year-old Australian male tourist who was seated at Row 54. The flight arrived in Singapore at 0618 hours on June 1.

The tenth confirmed case is a 33-year-old Singaporean female who was in New York from May 23 to 30. She was seated at row 19 on SQ25. She went home by taxi from the airport and developed symptoms later in the same morning. She remained home for the rest of the day.

On June 2, she stayed at home the whole day and in the evening, took a taxi to TTSH. She was admitted to CDC2, TTSH before midnight that day.

Meanwhile, the 11th confirmed case is an 18-year old American female visitor who was seated at row 57 on the same flight.

After she was met by her relative at the airport, they took a taxi to the relative's residence. She developed symptoms in the afternoon of June 2, then took a taxi with her relative to seek medical attention at Raffles Hospital's Emergency Department in the evening and was sent to CDC, TTSH via a 993 ambulance. She was admitted to CDC2 in the early hours of June 3.

Lab results confirmed their infections at 3 pm today.

Contact tracing has been initiated for these cases. Based on MOH's risk assessment, passengers within rows 17 to 21 and rows 57 to 59 (passengers in rows 55-56 have already been contacted in relation to the 7th confirmed case) on SQ 25 on 1 June who have not been contacted by MOH yet should call the MOH hotline at 1800-333 9999 to enable the agency to check on their health condition as soon as possible.

Affected areas

MOH is expanding the list of 'affected areas' to include Melbourne and the State of Victoria in Australia, Kobe and Osaka in Japan and Chile, besides USA, Canada and Mexico.

The public is advised to avoid non-essential travel to these affected areas. Should they become unwell within 7 days of their return from affected areas, they should seek medical attention promptly and call 993 for an ambulance.